My friend is looking for a good light gaming laptop $700-800 USD

potatofarms · Nov 30, 2013

I have a friend who is looking to buy a laptop that will be mainly used for light gaming (minecraft, league of legends) and web browsing. His budget is 700 to 800 USD.

Before anyone recommends buying a desktop, I've already told him he'd be much happier with his performance if he went for a custom built desktop, however he's set on getting a laptop because he wants portability and does not plan on doing "hardcore" gaming.

What would be the performing laptop he could get for 700 to 800 USD?

Thanks.

dottorrent · Nov 30, 2013

Here you go -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Antec KUHLER H2O 650 Liquid CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($72.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($246.30 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $693.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-30 22:01 EST-0500)

g-unit1111 · Nov 30, 2013

dottorrent :

Here you go -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Antec KUHLER H2O 650 Liquid CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($72.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($246.30 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $693.79
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-30 22:01 EST-0500)

I think you missed the key word "laptop".

vishnu39 · Dec 1, 2013

http://hardware.forumsee.com/a/m/s/p12-32044-0327782--eurocom-shark-w350st-gtx-765m-4200m-1080p-for-680.html
how about this one

potatofarms · Dec 1, 2013

vishnu39 :

I looked up the laptop and the lowest I could find it for was $785 and it doesn't include an OS, so it ends up going over budget after picking up an OS. Are there any other laptops/models that are cheaper?

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